By THOMAS MIFFLIN, Governor of the Commonzva/tn oj rennj\iinnt<u A PROCLAMATION. Thomas Mifflin. an Inquest which was hei' on the feventeentn day o* Angnft inftanf, that a certaraElizabetb Keeve% j of the city of Philadelphia. :;unlter, - , , re ,'! policy require, that every exertion I .ji.kl t j nude to detect and pur.ifa the perpetrator o I have thought it proper and expedient to ilTue^ THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS to anyperfon or perlons who lhail discover, and iecure the perpetrator or perpetrators tors, to be paid upon the conviction of them, or any of them. And all Jnuge', Junices, Sheriff , Coroners, Constables, and other Officers ot the Commonwealth (according to the duties of their refpeftive llations) are hereby requtred ar.tl ei.- joined, toernplovail lawful means,for diicover ing, appreaending, securing, trying, and bring in" to juflice, as well the perpetrator, and per petrators of the said Murder, as also all other persons aiding and allifting therein. j Given under my hand and the great Seal of j the State at Philadelphia, this twenty fecond day of in the year of our j Lord one thousand seven hundred and | nlnetv-two, and of the Commonwealth i the IWenteenth. By the Governor. A. J. DALLAS, Sec'ry of the Commonwealth. | Bank of theUnitedStates, RF. SOLVED, THAT an Office of Discount and Drpofit, be eftabiiftitd in the City of Richmond, Siate of Virginia. RESOLVED, That the 2d Tuesday in September next be ap pointed for the Election of Thirteen Directors and a Cashier, for the Office of Discount and Deposit, in the City of Richmond. By Order of the Prcfidentand Direfiors, JOHN KF. AN, Cafb-er. NEW-Brunsw ICK Church Lottery. THE peculiar circu-.uftances of a gentleman who had undertaken to dispose of a propor tion of the tickets in the New-Brunfwick Church Lottery, having, in 1 is opinion, rendered it incon venient for him further to proceed in the sale thereof, between eleven and twelve hundred tick ets are unexpectedly returned to ihe Re&or, Church-Wardens and Vefhy-mt.n. This lays the Managers under the neceflity of further adjourning the drawing of the Lottery, until the fifteenth day of O&ober next, that they may have time to tranf mii these tickets to the parts of the state where they ate applied for, and leceive the returns As there are but few tickets besides tliefe remaining on hand, all persons who are disposed to promote the pious object of this Lotteiy, or to take a chance for the prizes therein, are requcfted to supply them felvcs b\ the firft of OSober; and the gentlemen appointed to dispose of them, arc desired to return those to the Managers which then remain unfold, to answer the applications of some gentlemen in Ihe neighbourhood, who are postponed to this re fomce for a supply.— And notice is hereby given, that the tickets not returned to the Managers by the eighth day of O&ober, will be conGdered as at the risk of the holders. N. B. Robert Morris, Esq. of New-Boinf wick, is duly chosen one of the Manager* of the fa id Lottery, and has given security and qualified agreeably to law. TO BE SOLD, (And poffeffioo given imnied lately) A Valuable FARM, PLEASANTLY situated, and well improved, containing 213 acres, whereof 47 are wood land, 30 meadow, and 20 more may be made ; the cleared land is under good fence, and is well adapted to grass, and there being so much meadow, a large stock may be raised : it is also natural to wheat, and a proper attention to a well-kept stock, will much improve its quality, and be the mod profitable : it has a young orchard of 2CO apple trees, a variety of peach and cherry trees, and ? large garden. There are on the premises a hand some two story stone house and kitchen, and an elegant puzza ; also, a good barn, with stabling, cow-house, granary, waggon-house, work-Slop, and fmoak-houfe. The situation is high, pleasant, and healthy, and affords lome very agreeable pro fpe&s, and is in a good neighbourhood : it lies on the main road to New-York, about a mile and a half from Princrton, New-Jersey, and 43 from this city. The till? was examined and approver by eminent council before the fubferiber purchased. For further particulars apply to the fubfciiber, at No. 141, South Second-street, or at No. 81, South Water-ftrcet, Philadelphia. ISAAC SNOWDEN, Jun. N. B. Stock, for the farm may be had of the pre sent tenant. Also, to be Sold, and entered immediately, A two-rtory Br ck HOUSE and BAKE-HOUSE in Arch-ftrect, No. 3, 16 feet two inches in front and 102 feet in depth. Apply as above. ! u| y '7- George-T own. A dumber of LOTS in every iituation whiri .fx. may be c'efired in C».tv of Washington will be offered for faie by the C« mir.iflioners, c Monday the Bth day of October next. One fourt part of the money to be paid do.vn, the residue 1: three equal annual payments, with yearly interci on the whole priocipa! unpaid. JOHN M'GANTT, Clerk JUQC 2, 1792, From Sepei^«eira^y^^^^^S^^&-, An aothTiifc in& IritwM^WiiWMKf''''' OFFICIAL L^TT£jSS^' , 5' wricyn'idotidg the ÜBPfcfr; . •■' And extracts from the SECRET JOURNALS. (For particulars, Jcc PropefiU a:large.) Subfcript'ons arc received by tire principal Bookfcilers, and by the Editor, JOHN CAREY, ho. 26, Pear-Sir eel Philadelphia. Universal Hymn Book. To be Sold t/f THOU AS DO BSO N, and other Booklellen in Philadelphia, AC«ll<-aionof PSALMS, HYMNS, and SPI RITUAL SONGS; felefted from different Authors, and publilhed by Order of the Con vention holding the Do&rine of the Salvation of allJMen, met in Philadelphia, May 25, 179'. . Price of a fmgle book,bound. 3-Bthsof a Dollar,, with good allowance tothofewbo take quantities. Augult 4. (trptf.) Siookieller, at tbf Stooc-Houfr, in Second-Sticrt, ENCYCLOPEDIA: Or a Ditftionarj of Arts, Sciences, and MifceHaneons Literature, On a plan entirely new : Br which the different July 10, 1792, This Gxth volume contains, among a variety o' Dioptrics,oiftiilation,diving bell,art of drawing, Dublin art of Dying, theory of the earth and earth quakes, Ed'nburgh, education,jhiftory of Egypt, Svftem of ele&ricity, history of England, engrav ing, c flaying, history of Ethiopia, See. See. See. I. The work is printing on a fuperfine paper, 9nd new types (cast for the purpose in Philadelphia) which will be occafionaily renewed beiore they contra# a worn appearance. n 11. The work may be had in volumes or halj-vclumes\ •_ , it being proposed to deliver the volumes in ' n parts, at twenty fliillings(Prnnfylvania currency) i_ each, in boards, or for the whole volume, five c dollars, in boards. The volumes now finifhed areto be paid for on delivery,and theprice otone r, volume is to be paid in advance, ana the price c of each fuccceding volume to De paid on de- livering the volume preceding it. 111. In the course of publication will be exhibit ed above five hundred copper plates, elegantly engraved in Philadelphia ; which by far exceed in number those given in any other fcientific di&tonary. At the close of the publication will be delivered, an elegant frontifpiece, the dedi cation, prefacc, and proper title pages for the different volumes. %* As the very great expence attending the undertaking, makes pun&uality of payment in dispensably neceflary, the publisher flatters him felf that fubferibers will be perfe&ly fatisfied with his adhering ftri&ly to his original plan of delivering the books only on receiving payment, agreeable to the conditions of publication. Subscriptions for the Encyclopedia y Will continue to be received on the fame terms as usual, till the firft of September, 1792, when the price will be encieafed. Tin Dollars tobe paid on fubfcriptioii, by those who have not fub feribed before that time. (cptOi) Those who have fubferibed, but not taken their books befoie that time, will be confidercd as not having fubferibed. As the fubfrription will probably be closed by Christmas, such as chufe to be possessors of »h s very valuable and important work, will do veil to corr.c forward in time, that they may not be disappointed. July 21. eptf The Travels of Cyrus: TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, A DISCOURSE upon the THEOLOGY and rHE Travels of Cyrus having gone through so many editions io Europe, everything which might be f » id to recommend so valuable a work, is rendered ufclefs; and as it is now almofl, if not entirely out of print, the publisher truth there w.ll be little difficulty in procuring a refpe&able ' lift of fubferibers to an American Edition. This work will be publiflied in one volume, i2rao. on good demy paper, and a neat type; and will contain about 350 pages. 1 he price to fubferibers wiil be One Doll \ r , to be paid on the delivery of the book, which will be neatly bound and lettered. The work (hail be put to press in October next, provided there fnall be 250 fubferibers. Any person fr.bfcribing for, or procuring sub- Icribers for twelve books, and will be responsible for the paTment, shall be entitled 10 two giatis The names of fubferibers shall be pretirccd to the work. •'rivf) Subscriptions received by mod of the Booksellers in Philadelphia and New-York. N. B. Gentlemen *ho maypleafet<- encourage lie work by procuringfubfcr.p ons,aie icqucfted > forward a Ml of the names lubfciibed. by t l e •O'.n day of Octobir next. to the ComaiifDoners. C c P !f . JUST PUBLISHED; By Thomas Dobfon, Philadelphia, VOLUME VI «f foences and arts are digged into the form Of difliri£t Treatifci or Sjfteau. Illujlrated with twenty-two copper plates, CONDITION'S) PROPOSALS, By ISAAC NEALE, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, (The ninth edition of) MYTHOLOGY of ihe PAGANS. BY THE CHEVALIER RAMSAY CONDITIONS. tinlingteu, July 21 , ,-g. r / Treasury Department, August 10, 1792. \TOTICE is hereby given, that propofais wil. i\ be received at the office of the Secretar y. -he Treasury, until the twenty-ninfh day of Sep tember nexi mciufive, foi the '.apply ol all Rations -A-hich may be required for the use of the United Srates, from ihe fiift day of January to the thirty, firft day of December, 1793. both days inctafive, at the places, and with.u the diftncls hercaftei j r.entioned, viz. t. At any place or places betwixtYotk-Town & Carl fle,inthe state of Pennfvlvan.a t and Ptclburgh, and at Ptlrfburgh, York-Town and Cafliflr. 2. At any place or placrs from Putfburph to thr -month of Big Beaver Cretk, anc at tne mouth ot Big Beaver Creek. 3. At any place o r plaecs the said mouth to the upper falis ot the ia:d Big Beaver, and at the upper fails. 4. At anv place or places from the said upper Falls to Mahoning, and at Mahoning. 5. At any piaee or placcs from the said Mahoning jvc to the Head Navigation of the River Caya hoga, and at the said Head Navigation. 6. At any ptaceor places from the said Head Na vigation to the mouth of the said Rivet Cayahoga, and at the said mouth. '"-a 7. At My place or places betwixt the mouth of the Big Seaver Creek to the mouth of the River Mufkiagutn, and up the said River to the Tufra- Irnwj!, and at the Tufcarowas. and thence over to [the Cayahoga Ritctj and thence down the said River to its mouth. 8. At anyplace or places betwixt the mouth of the River Mufkingum and the mouth of the Scioto River, and at the mouth of '.he said River Scioto. 9. At any place or places betwixt the mbuth of 1 Scioto River and the mouth of the Great Miami, I at the mouth of the Great Miami, and from tbeace! to the Rapids or the Mis of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids.' ' 10. At any place or places bet wixt the mouth of the Great Miami, up the said Miami to and at Pique Town. 11. At any place or places from Fort Walbington to fort Hamilton, and at Fort Hamilton. At any place or places from Fort Hamilton to Fort St. Clair, atid at Fprt St. Clair. 12. At any place or places from Fort St. Clair to Fort Jefferfon, and at Fort Jefferfon. 13. At anv place or places from Fort Jefferfon to the field of action of the 4th of November, 1 791, and at (he said field of action. 14- At aav place or placet from the said field of aSiooto the* Miami Villages, and at the Miami Villager tj. At any place or places from the said Miami Villages to the Falls of (he Miami River, which empties into Lake Erie, and at the said Falls, and from thence to its mouth, and at iu mouth. 16. At any place or places from the mouth of ihe said Miami River of Lake Erie toSaududcy Lake, and at Sandufky Lake. 17. At any place or places from *he said Sandufky Lake to the mouth of the River Cavahoga. 18. At any place or places from the mouth of the said River Cayahoga to Prefque Isle, and at Prefque Isle. 19. At any place orplaces fromPrefque Ifie to the running into Lake F.rie from towards the Lake, and thence over to and at the laid Jadaghque Lake, and thence down the Alleg hany River to Fort Franklin. 20. At any place or places fromPiefquelfle toLc Beuf, and at Le Beuf. 21. At any place or olaces from I.e Beuf to Fort Franklin, and at Fon Franklin, and from thence to Pittfourgh. 22. At any place or p!aces from thf Rapids of the Ohio to the mouth of the W-ibafh River, and from the mouth of the (aid Wabafh River to the mouth of the River Ohio. 23. At anv place or places on the East fide of the River Miffiflippi, from the mouth of the Ohio River, to the mouth of the Illionois River. I 24. At any place or places oq the Eaftfideof the jMiffiflippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the River Margot incluftvely. o " J • 25. At any place or places from the (aid River Margot to the River Yazous inclusively. 26. At any place or places from the mouth of the said Wabafh River up to Fort Knox, and at Fort Knox. 27. At any place or places from Fort Knox, up the said Wabath, to Ouittanon, and at Ouittanon. 28. At any place or places trom Ouittanon,up the said Wabafh, to the head navigation of a branch thereof called Little River, and at the said bead navigation of Little River. 29. At any place or places from the said head na vigation of Little River over to the Miami Village. 30. At anv place or places from the mouth of the River Tcneflee to Occochappo or Bear Creek, on the said Rivei, inclusively. 31. At any place or places from the mouth of the River Cumberland to Nashville, on the laid River, and at Nashville. And at any place or places within »hirty miles of said Nashville to the Southward, Weft ward or Northward thereof. Should any rations be required at any places, or within other dittn£b, not fpecified in these pro posals, the price of the fame to be hereafter agreed on betwixt the public and the contra&or. The rations to be supplied arc to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or | of a pound of pork, Half a jill of rum, brandy or whisky, One quart of fait, } Two quarts of vinegar. \ Two pounds of soap, >P" >°° One pound of candles, ) The rations are to be furniflied in such quanti ties as that there (hall at all tune?, during the said term, be fufiicient for the consumption of the troors at each of the fa ; d prfts, f«> r the space of at least three mon; hs in advance, in good and whole some pioviGons. if ihe fame (hall be required. I: is to be understood in earh cale, that all lofT fulWmed by the depred rons o 1 the enemv, n r i. means of the trooo« >»f the United States, iball 1 < V-a'.d for at 'he 01 ice* of ihe articles rjptured or dr ftroved, on thr: drooft ion* of tvooi more crer 1 - <i- Sle ch uaders, and the c ir;fi :• eo' j rormr ifljon ed *(•' itthe t rcumftance* o* the loss, and »h«* amoim aniclcs loi which com penfarten is daimcc . The contra A for i he a'-> cither foi one ycai, or .o ( C P 3") eligible. Persons difpof.d to iLr, iore confine their cifers to one >ear. or tvv ft trnke their propofmons io a* to'admit iL • „," V of the term of two yeais. 11 The offers roav comprise al! the places wSi-' have teen fpec.fied, or a pan of tfu. . ()l: •. " lJ i oo Dollars Reward. T OST on Cambridge Com mm, UtSMhVftiu —4 on the afternoon of .he tS h uli. ,v, , ' POCKET-BOOK, .ith a fteeicUfp,™™ number of \a •i.o.c among which weie tic »o lowing Pcstic Stcu«lTi!:, v - M.tfccUu.e. s S.„ e No o- Mo Decemoer ,1782, „a> ,bl. ;o-l' --t ■■■"*■23 i6j. pnnc.ua!—So. r . M . ' nuary 1, IJBS, payab;? o \;i u , t : r, { £ 101 .0.. n incipal. So. ci, . d U,,'„„ v 1 * 1 7® 2 » l an army not-) oayable to Timothy tor /. 8 8/. id. principal.—Xo.——,"a X i.he number, da-.e, a:.J io whom payable, no* known tor £.$ o/. prinnna'.—One Indcc; Ccnhcaie.for Four Dollars, and a New-Hamp. Ihire Certificate tor aoout £-\z payable to 1 "t and Daniel Jenks ; aifo z ncmlier of Motes of Hartd .ie ot which was for £..572 given by A'a'hj lion AlO Samuel TV. Pomeroy (by whom it *«$ tiu dor fed) dated lit May, 1792, and povablc on : Ith Aycufl following ; me others were all j.aya t ie to The Securities are checked ihe different "fßccs from whence ihey were • iTued, and the Notes of Ha-d by the d-fferem igners, they can tnere:ore be of 00 use to ai.v bul the owner. i The Subfcriberhereby offers a reward of On e Hundred Do li a* j to anv person or pertons who has found ihe f?m", ?nd will return th» m 10 him, or leave them wi'h the Printer hereof, and no qucfuons w:ll be asked. ABRAHAM FOSTER. Sakm, Majfadl-jfetts, Atgujl 1, i ;<)■>. ( C pi|) Stock Brokers Office, Grezt Dock-street. >• tw-Yoax, The $nbfcriber intending to confine hioifelf entirely to the PURCHASE akb SAIE at STOCKS on COMMISSION, Bega leave to offer bit fervicet lo his friend* and others, in the line of a Slock Broker. Those who may please to fa vor him with their bofinefs, may depend upon having it tranCafied with the nlmoft fidelity and dispatch. Order* from Philadelphia,Bofton, br any other part of the Uoiled Scales will be ftrifily attend ed to. War s. Ebenezer Hazard, STOCK-BROKER, HAS Removed his OFFICE to No. isSnorth Second-Street, where he continues to purchase and fell on Com ratflion, Certificates rf e'ebt of ibe United, and Individual States, Bank Stock, Canal, and Turnpike Shares, See. &c. (£3*" Subscribers to the Universal Tontine who have not vet received their Certificates are delirtd to call for them. July .8. WHITE WAX MANUFACTORY. Thomas james, wax chandler, from Lcndon, refpe&fnlly informs the pt'b.c that he has eftablifkcd a Manufactory of the above branch, at the upper end of Mulberry-Street,New- York, where Merchants, Captains of Vcfliclf, Drugoifts, and i'arailiej, mav be supplied with excellent and pure White Wax Candles, White Wax in Cakes, Tapers, Wax'd Lamp Wicks, Flambeaux, &c. warranted equal to any made in London, and twenty percent, cheaper. Ordeis in this and the adjacent States, rece vd bv Mr. John Goodeve, Bridge-Street, Mr. William Fro3isher, Fletcher-Street, and al the Manufactory, where samples may be seen. N. B. Bees-Wax t2ken in payment, or bleached an moderate terms. New-York, Jul/ 19, 1792. TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA. June 28. 179?* PURSUANT to the last Will and Tertarner,ta£ the late Rev. Alexander Williamson, deceased, will be expoied to Public Sale on 1 day, the nth of Odober nexr,at Georgetown, 011 a credit of three years, the purclfafers givin? bond with approved fecurity,to bear intereftfrom the date—That valuable Seat of Land, in mery county, called Hay es ; thelate dwelling olantation of the deceased, containing between nx ■1 nd seven hundred acres, the greateil part of whic .5 rich, heavy timbered land, extremely well wa tered, and capable of affording a very confiderab e quanutv r.l fine meadow ; —Situated ahout6 I.— J !'om the Federal City,and the famednt ncetroiu George-Town, in a genteel neighbourhood, anu a emaikable healthy part of the country. The improvements are, a very elegant two ory Brick Dwelling House, (with four rooms and a caiTage, or entry, on a floor and the neecfiaryou - houses. HENRY TOWNSEND,) BENJ. STODDERT, > E*«uU»rs. cptO) THOMAS JOHNS, ) TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA. Julv 6,179'- THE Subscriber offers for Sale, a MiH-S" 1 Rock Creek, deemed by hose who | mined it. equal to anv intheVmred . ' 0 f Mill-House mavbr placed within or.f q uarl a mile of -he r.ver Potomac, half a mile | tM<r inarkrt house in Georgetown, ana ° ( n 'icmthe fquaie, in thecitv on tidc "J* 1 if •ral hundred bu'Vls burthen. I- ( , pn es ( ifncicn'.the year round,to turn four pair j t • -ad «he fall mav be made 'rom 2~ mj* fyck J < utmec-ffary to dwell on the advantage* L filuatinn. , w .j.h« The purchaser m?v be accommodii tco j 1 w hundred acres of land adjoining the » jit, l, ,r fh-vr J l - p an o'rj.cd. oym 14 Jul) at fOL'RSAL > h ' ILit oj Ml• SEX ill »/' Ike VSITED STATJ, . kadoj the Ediitr htreaf* "if'S ' iadc oe«r LEONARD BLEECKER (t.f.I (ep.tf) [«;»■] B. STODP r " T '
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